The Bloomswell Diaries

The Bloomswell Diaries
Author: Louis L. Buitendag
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9781935279822

Benjamin Bloomswell is pleased to be staying with his uncle in America while his parents are off on another business trip. Its like a vacation. But when a series of newspaper articles, telephone calls and mysterious disappearances result in his being sent to and having to escape from a sinister orphanage and the criminals who run it, he knows hes somehow got to find a way back to Europe. He has to get to his sisters boarding school before anyone else does. And somehow, he has to find his parents, who are also in trouble. But how...

When

When
Author: Victoria Laurie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1484711475

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior cursed with an eerie intuitive ability that's out of her control—one that entangles her in a homicide investigation For as long as she can remember, Maddie has seen a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father's premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually deathdates, and just like birthdays, everyone has one. Forced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching deathdate of one client's young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the when and not the how, she's unable to offer any more insight. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie. Soon, Maddie is entangled in a homicide investigation, and more young people disappear and are later found murdered. A suspect for the investigation, a target for the murderer, and attracting the attentions of a mysterious young admirer who may be connected to it all, Maddie's whole existence is about to be turned upside down. Can she right things before it's too late?

Larklight

Larklight
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619631180

Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other - and the Universe. Recounted through the eyes of Art himself, Larklight is sumptuously designed and illustrated throughout.

The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance

The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance
Author: Glenn Dakin
Publisher: Egmont USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9781606840474

Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch.

The State Parks

The State Parks
Author: Freeman Tilden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 618
Release: 1962
Genre: Parks
ISBN:

This classic work is a personal study of hundreds of state parks relating information for tourist and researcher; divided according to U.S. regions. It reviews the state park movement, concept of recreation and management problems.

How They Croaked

How They Croaked
Author: Georgia Bragg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1547614536

This award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart. Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. From King Tut's ancient autopsy to Albert Einstein's great brain escape, How They Croaked contains all the gory details of the awful ends of nineteen awfully famous people. Don't miss the companion, How They Choked!